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- the present disclosure relates to the routing of data using logical circuits in a data network. More particularly, the present disclosure is related to rerouting data in a data network.
- Data networks contain various network devices, such as switches, for sending and receiving data between two locations.
- frame relay and Asynchronous Transfer Mode (“ATM”) networks contain interconnected network devices that allow data packets or cells to be channeled over a circuit through the network from a host device to a remote device.
- ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode
- the data from a host device is delivered to the network through a physical circuit such as a T1 line that links to a switch of the network.
- the remote device that communicates with the host through the network also has a physical circuit to a switch of the network.
- a network circuit also includes a logical circuit which includes a variable communication path for data between the switches associated with the host and the remote device.
- Logical circuits may be provisioned with certain quality of service (“QoS”) parameters or traffic descriptors which describe the level of priority given to data communicated through a data network.
- QoS quality of service
- an ATM circuit provisioned for constant bit rate (“CBR”) service carries higher priority data (such as voice traffic) than unspecified bit rate (“UBR”) service.
- CBR service assures that high priority data, such as voice traffic, which is sensitive to delay, is communicated at a guaranteed data rate for quality service.
- UBR service assures no quality guarantees making data communicated at this level highly susceptible to delay and network congestion.
- LATAs local access and transport areas
- IEC Inter-Exchange Carriers
- NNIs Network-to-Network Interfaces
- failures may occur to the trunk circuits or the NNIs of network circuits in large-scale networks causing lost data.
- failures are handled by dispatching technicians on each end of the network circuit (i.e., in each LATA) in response to a reported failure to manually repair the logical and physical connections making up the network circuit.
- Some modern data networks also include redundant physical connections for rerouting data from failed physical connections in a network circuit while the failed physical connections are being repaired. These “self-healing” networks however, do not account for existing QoS parameters for failed network circuits, resulting in the data being communicated at the lowest available quality of service (e.g., UBR) over the redundant physical connections. As a result, the communication of high priority data packets or cells from the failed circuit may be delayed or dropped entirely.
- UBR quality of service
- the above and other problems are solved by a method and system for prioritized rerouting of logical circuit data in a data network.
- the data in the logical circuit may be rerouted to a logical failover circuit at the same quality of service provisioned for the failed logical circuit.
- logical circuit failure is identified in the data network. Following the identification of the logical circuit failure, a quality of service parameter for the communication of data in the failed logical circuit is determined. Then a logical failover circuit comprising an alternate communication path for communicating the data in the failed logical circuit is identified. Next, a quality of service parameter for the communication of data in the logical failover circuit is determined. If the quality of service parameter for the failed logical circuit is equal to the quality of service parameter for the logical failover circuit, then the data from the failed logical circuit is rerouted to the logical failover circuit.
- the method may further include rerouting the data to the logical failover circuit when the quality of service parameter for the failover circuit is indicative of a lower level of quality if authorization is received for the reroute.
- the quality of service parameter may include a traffic descriptor for logical circuit data.
- the quality of service parameter may be a variable frame relay (“VFR”) real time parameter, a VFR non-real time parameter, a constant bit rate (“CBR”) parameter, a variable bit rate (“VBR”) parameter, or an unspecified bit rate (“UBR”) parameter.
- VFR variable frame relay
- CBR constant bit rate
- VBR variable bit rate
- URR unspecified bit rate
- the logical failover circuit may include a dedicated failover logical connection in a failover data network.
- the logical circuit and the logical failover circuit may be identified by logical circuit identifiers.
- the logical circuit identifiers may be data link connection identifiers (“DLCIs”) or virtual path/virtual circuit identifiers (“VPI/VCIs”).
- the dedicated failover logical connection may be a network-to-network interface (“NNI”).
- NNI network-to-network interface
- the logical failover circuit may be either a permanent virtual circuit (“PVC”) or a switched virtual circuit (“SVC”).
- the data network may be either frame relay network or an asynchronous transfer mode (“ATM”) network.
- the present disclosure relates to a system for prioritized rerouting of logical circuit data in a data network.
- the system includes a network device for communicating status information for a logical circuit in the data network.
- the logical circuit includes a communication path for communicating data.
- the system also includes a logical element module, in communication with the network device, for receiving the status information for the logical circuit in the data network.
- the system further includes a network management module, in communication with the logical element module, for identifying a failed logical circuit in the data network, determining a quality of service parameter for the communication of data in the failed logical circuit, identifying a logical failover circuit including an alternate communication path for communicating the data in the failed logical circuit, and determining a quality of service parameter for the communication of data in the logical failover circuit. If the quality of service parameter for the failed logical circuit is equal to the quality of service parameter for the logical failover circuit, then the data is rerouted to the logical failover circuit. If the quality of service parameter for the failed logical circuit is not equal to the quality of service parameter for the logical failover circuit, then authorization is obtained prior to rerouting the data to the logical failover circuit.
- the present disclosure relates to a system for prioritized rerouting of logical circuit data in a data network.
- the system includes a network device for communicating status information for a logical circuit in the data network.
- the logical circuit includes a communication path for communicating data.
- the system also includes a logical element module, in communication with the network device, for receiving the status information for the logical circuit in the data network.
- the system further includes a network management module, in communication with the logical element module, for identifying a failed logical circuit in the data network, determining a quality of service parameter for the communication of data in the failed logical circuit, and provisioning a logical failover circuit comprising an alternate communication path for communicating the data in the failed logical circuit.
- the logical failover circuit is provisioned having a quality of service parameter equal to the quality of service parameter for the failed logical circuit.
- the network management module then reroutes the data from the failed logical circuit to the provisioned logical failover circuit.
- FIG. 1 illustrates a data network according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
- FIG. 2 illustrates a local access and transport area (“LATA”) in the data network of FIG. 1 , according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
- LATA local access and transport area
- FIG. 3 illustrates a network management system which may be utilized for prioritized rerouting of logical circuit data in the data network of FIG. 1 , according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
- FIG. 4 illustrates a failover data network for rerouting logical circuit data, according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
- FIG. 5 illustrates a flowchart describing logical operations for prioritized rerouting of logical circuit data in a data network of FIG. 1 , according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
- Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for a method and system for prioritized rerouting of logical circuit data in a data network.
- the data in the logical circuit may be rerouted to a logical failover circuit at the same quality of service provisioned for the failed logical circuit.
- Embodiments of the present disclosure may be generally employed in a data network 2 as shown in FIG. 1 .
- the data network 2 includes local access and transport areas (“LATAs”) 5 and 15 which are connected by an Inter-Exchange Carrier (“IEC”) 10 .
- LATAs 5 and 15 may be data networks operated by a commonly owned Local Exchange Carrier (“LEC”).
- LEC 10 may include one or more data networks which may be operated by a commonly owned IEC.
- the data network 2 may be a frame relay network, asynchronous transfer mode (“ATM”) network, or any other network capable of communicating data conforming to Layers 2-4 of the Open Systems Interconnection (“OSI”) model developed by the International Standards Organization, incorporated herein by reference. It will be appreciated that these networks may include, but are not limited to, communications protocols conforming to the Multiprotocol Label Switching Standard (“MPLS”) networks and the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (“TCP/IP”), which are known to those skilled in the art.
- MPLS Multiprotocol Label Switching Standard
- TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
- the data network 2 includes a network circuit which channels data between a host device 112 and a remote device 114 through the LATA 5 , the IEC 10 , and the LATA 15 .
- the host and remote devices 112 and 114 may be local area network (“LAN”) routers, LAN bridges, hosts, front end processors, Frame Relay Access Devices (“FRADs”), or any other device with a frame relay, ATM, or network interface.
- LAN local area network
- FRADs Frame Relay Access Devices
- the LATAs 5 and 15 and the IEC 10 may include network elements (not shown) which support interworking to enable communications between host and remote devices supporting dissimilar protocols.
- Network elements in a data network supporting interworking may translate frame relay data packets or frames sent from a host FRAD to ATM data packets or cells so that a host device may communicate with a remote device having an ATM interface.
- the LATAs 5 and 15 and the IEC 10 may further include one or more interconnected network elements, such as switches (not shown), for transmitting data.
- An illustrative LEC data network will be discussed in greater detail in the description of FIG. 2 below.
- the network circuit between the host device 112 and the remote device 114 in the data network 2 includes a physical circuit and a logical circuit.
- a physical circuit is defined as the physical path that connects the end point of a network circuit to a network device.
- the physical circuit of the network circuit between the host device 112 and the remote device 114 includes the physical connection 121 between the host device 112 and the LATA 5 , the physical connection 106 between the LATA 5 and the IEC 10 , the physical connection 108 between the IEC 10 and the LATA 15 , and the physical connection 123 between the LATA 15 and the remote device 114 .
- Routers and switches within the LATAs 5 and 15 and the IEC 10 carry the physical signal between the host and remote end devices 112 and 114 through the physical circuit.
- UNIs user-to-network interfaces
- an UNI is the physical demarcation point between a user device (e.g, a host device) and a public data network.
- the physical connections 106 and 108 may include trunk circuits for carrying the data between the LATAs 5 and 15 and the IEC 10 .
- the connections 121 and 123 may be any of various physical communications media for communicating data such as a 56 Kbps line or a T1 line carried over a four-wire shielded cable or over a fiber optic cable.
- a logical circuit is defined as a portion of the network circuit wherein data is sent over variable communication data paths or logical connections established between the first and last network devices within a LATA or IEC network and over fixed communication data paths or logical connections between LATAs (or between IECs).
- the logical circuit of the network circuit in the data network 2 may include a variable communication path within the LATA 5 and a fixed communication path (i.e., the logical connection 102 ) between the LATA 5 and the IEC 10 .
- the logical connections 102 and 104 in the data network 2 may include network-to-network interfaces (“NNIs”) between the last sending switch in a LATA and the first receiving switch in an IEC.
- NNIs network-to-network interfaces
- data may be communicated over frame relay circuits over the UNI connections between the host or remote device and the LATA (or IEC) data network, and over ATM circuits over the NNI connections within the LATA (or IEC) data network.
- each logical circuit in a data network may be identified by a unique logical identifier.
- the logical identifier is called a Data Link Connection Identifier (“DLCI”) while in ATM networks the logical identifier is called a Virtual Path Identifier/Virtual Circuit Identifier (“VPI/VCI”).
- DLCI Data Link Connection Identifier
- VPN/VCI Virtual Path Identifier/Virtual Circuit Identifier
- the DLCI is a 10-bit address field contained in the header of each data frame and contains identifying information for the logical circuit as well as information relating to the destination of the data in the frame, quality of service (“QoS”) parameters, and other service parameters for handling network congestion.
- QoS quality of service
- the designation DLCI 100 may be used to identify the logical circuit between the host device 112 and the remote device 114 . It will be appreciated that in data networks in which logical circuit data is communicated through more than one carrier (e.g., an LEC and an IEC) the DLCI designation for the logical circuit may change in a specific carrier's network. For example, in the data network 2 , the designation DLCI 100 may identify the logical circuit in the LATA 5 and LATA 15 but the designation DLCI 800 may identify the logical circuit in the IEC 10 .
- the designation DLCI 100 may identify the logical circuit in the LATA 5 and LATA 15 but the designation DLCI 800 may identify the logical circuit in the IEC 10 .
- Illustrative QoS parameters which may be included in the DLCI include a Variable Frame Rate (“VFR”) real time parameter and a VFR non-real time parameter.
- VFR real time is a variable data rate for frame relay data frames communicated over a logical circuit.
- VFR real-time circuits are able to tolerate small variations in the transmission rate of data (i.e., delay) and small losses of frames.
- Typical applications for VFR real time circuits may include, but are not limited to, voice and some types of interactive video.
- VFR non-real time circuits also communicate data frames at a variable data rate but are able to tolerate higher variations in the transmission rate and thus more delay as these circuits are typically “bursty” (i.e., data is transmitted in short, uneven spurts) in nature.
- Typical applications for VFR non-real time circuits include, but are limited to, inter-LAN communications and Internet traffic.
- Illustrative service parameters which may be included in the DLCI include a Committed Information Rate (“CIR”) parameter and a Committed Burst Size (“Be”) parameter.
- CIR Committed Information Rate
- Be Committed Burst Size
- the logical circuit may be provisioned such that when the CIR or the Be is exceeded, the receiving switch in the data network will discard the frame.
- the logical circuit parameters are not limited to CR and Be and that other parameters known to those skilled in the art may also be provisioned, including, but not limited to, Burst Excess Size (“Be”) and Committed Rate Measurement Interval (“Tc”).
- the VPI/VCI is an address field contained in the header of each ATM data cell and contains identifying information for the logical circuit as well as information specifying a data cell's destination, QoS parameters, and specific bits which may indicate, for example, the existence of congestion in the network and a threshold for discarding cells.
- Illustrative QoS parameters which may be included in the VPI/VCI include a Committed Bit Rate (“CBR”) parameter, a Variable Bit Rate (“VBR”) parameter, and an Unspecified Bit Rate (“UBR”) parameter.
- CBR Committed Bit Rate
- VBR Variable Bit Rate
- UBR Unspecified Bit Rate
- CBR defines a constant data rate for ATM cells communicated over a logical circuit.
- CBR circuits are given the highest priority in a data network and are very intolerant to delay.
- Typical applications for CBR circuits may include, but are not limited to, video conferencing, voice, television and video-on demand.
- VBR circuits communicate ATM cells at a variable data rate and are able to tolerate varying degrees of delay. Similar to frame relay variable service parameters, VBR circuits may be further subdivided into VBR real time and VBR non-real time. VBR non-real time circuits are able to tolerate more delay.
- Typical applications for ATM VBR circuits may include the same applications as frame relay VFR circuits.
- UBR circuits communicate ATM cells at an unspecified bit rate and are extremely tolerant to delay. UBR circuits are typically reserved for non-time sensitive applications such as file transfer, email, and message and image retrieval.
- the logical circuit in the data network 2 may be a permanent virtual circuit (“PVC”) available to the network at all times or a temporary or a switched virtual circuit (“SVC”) available to the network only as long as data is being transmitted. It should be understood that the data network 2 may further include additional switches or other interconnected network elements (not shown) creating multiple paths within each LATA and IEC for defining each PVC or SVC in the data network. It will be appreciated that the data communicated over the logical connections 102 and 104 may be physically carried by the physical connections 106 and 108 .
- the data network 2 may also include a failover network 17 for rerouting logical circuit data, according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
- the failover network 17 may include a network failover circuit including physical connections 134 and 144 and logical connections 122 and 132 for rerouting logical circuit data in the event of a failure in the network circuit between the host device 112 and the remote device 114 .
- the failover network 17 will be described in greater detail in the description of FIG. 4 below.
- the data network 2 may also include a network management system 175 in communication with the LATA 5 , the LATA 15 , and the failover network 17 .
- the network management system 175 may be utilized to obtain status information for the logical and physical circuit between the host device, 112 and the remote device 114 .
- the network management system 175 may also be utilized for rerouting logical data in the data network 2 between the host device 112 and the remote device 114 .
- the network management system 175 will be discussed in greater detail in the description of FIG.
- FIG. 2 illustrates the LATA 5 in the data network 2 described in FIG. 1 above, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the LATA 5 includes interconnected network devices such as switches 186 , 187 , and 188 .
- the data network 2 may also contain other interconnected network devices and elements (not shown) such as digital access and cross connect switches (“DACS”), channel service units (“CSUs”), and data service units (“DSUs”).
- DAS digital access and cross connect switches
- CSUs channel service units
- DSUs data service units
- the connection data paths of a logical circuit within a data network may vary between the first and last network devices in a data network. For example, as shown in FIG.
- the logical circuit in the LATA 5 may include the communication path 185 between the switches 186 and 188 or the communication path 184 between the switches 186 , 187 , and 188 .
- the actual path taken by data through the LATA 5 is not fixed and may vary from time to time, such as when automatic rerouting takes place.
- the switches 186 , 187 , and 188 may include a signaling mechanism for monitoring and signaling the status of the logical circuit in the data network 2 .
- a signaling mechanism for monitoring and signaling the status of the logical circuit in the data network 2 .
- the switch Each time a change in the status of the logical circuit is detected (e.g., a receiving switch begins dropping frames), the switch generates an alarm or “trap” which may then be communicated to a management station, such as a logical element module (described in detail in the description of FIG. 3 below), in the network management system 175 .
- the trap may include, for example, status information indicating network congestion.
- the signaling mechanism may be in accord with a Local Management Interface (“LMI”) specification, which provides for the sending and receiving of “status inquiries” between a data network and a host or remote device.
- LMI Local Management Interface
- the LMI specification includes obtaining status information through the use of special management frames (in frame relay networks) or cells (in ATM networks).
- frame relay networks for example, the special management frames monitor the status of logical connections and provide information regarding the health of the network.
- the host and remote devices 112 and 114 receive status information from the switches in the individual LATAs they are connected to in response to a status request sent in a special management frame or cell.
- the LMI status information may include, for example, whether or not the logical circuit is congested or whether or not the logical circuit has failed. It should be understood that the parameters and the signaling mechanism discussed above are optional and that other parameters and mechanisms may also be utilized to obtain connection status information for a logical circuit.
- FIG. 3 illustrates the network management system 175 which may be utilized for prioritized rerouting of logical circuit data in the data network of FIG. 1 , according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
- the network management system 175 includes a service order system 160 , a network database 170 , a logical element module 153 , a physical element module 155 , a network management module 176 , and a test module 180 .
- the service order system 160 is utilized in the data network 2 for receiving service orders for provisioning network circuits.
- the service order includes information defining the transmission characteristics or QoS parameters for the logical circuit portion of the network circuit.
- the service order also contains the access speed, CIR, burst rates, and excess burst rates.
- the service order system 160 communicates the service order information to a network database 170 over management trunk 172 .
- the network database 170 assigns and stores the parameters for the physical circuit portion of the network circuit such as a port number on the switch 186 for transmitting data over the physical connection 121 to and from the host device 112 .
- the network database 170 may also be in communication with an operations support system (not shown) for assigning physical equipment to the network circuit and for maintaining an inventory of the physical assignments for the network circuit.
- An illustrative operations support system is “TIRKS”® (Trunks Integrated Records Keeping System) marketed by TELECORDIATM TECHNOLOGIES, Inc. of Morristown, N.J.
- the network database 170 may also be in communication with a Work Force Administration and Control system (“WFA/C”) (not shown) used to assign resources (i.e., technicians) to work on installing the physical circuit.
- WFA/C Work Force Administration and Control system
- the network management system 175 also includes the logical element module 153 which is in communication with the switches in the data network 2 through management trunks 183 .
- the logical element module 153 runs a network management application program to monitor the operation of logical circuits which includes receiving trap data generated by the switches which indicate the status of logical connections.
- the trap data may be stored in the logical element module 153 for later analysis and review.
- the logical element module 153 is also in communication with the network database 170 via management trunks 172 for accessing information regarding logical circuits such as the logical identifier data.
- the logical identifier data may include, for example, the DLCI or VPI/VCI header information for each data frame or cell in the logical circuit including the circuit's destination and QoS parameters.
- the logical element module 153 may consist of terminals (not shown) that display a map-based graphical user interface (“GUI”) of the logical connections in the data network.
- GUI map-based graphical user interface
- An illustrative logical element module is the NAVISCORETM system marketed by LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES, Inc. of Murray Hill, N.J.
- the network management system 175 further includes the physical element module 155 in communication with the physical connections of the network circuit via management trunks (not shown).
- the physical element module 155 runs a network management application program to monitor the operation and retrieve data regarding the operation of the physical circuit.
- the physical element module 155 is also in communication with the network database 170 via management trunks 172 for accessing information regarding physical circuits, such as line speed. Similar to the logical element module 153 , the physical logical element module 155 may also consist of terminals (not shown) that display a map-based GUI of the physical connections in the LATA 5 .
- An illustrative physical element module is the Integrated Testing and Analysis System (“INTAS”), marketed by TELECORDIATM TECHNOLOGIES, Inc. of Morristown, N.J., which provides flow-through testing and analysis of telephony, services.
- INTAS Integrated Testing and Analysis System
- the physical element module 155 troubleshoots the physical connections for a physical circuit by communicating with test module 180 , which interfaces with the physical connections via test access point 156 .
- the test module 180 obtains the status of the physical circuit by transmitting “clean” test signals to test access point 156 (shown in FIG. 2 ) which “loops back” the signals for detection by the test module 180 . It should be understood that there may be multiple test access points on each of the physical connections for the physical circuit.
- the network management system 175 further includes the network management module 176 which is in communication with the service order system 160 , the network database 170 , the logical element module 153 , and the physical element module 155 through communications channels 172 . It should be understood that in one embodiment, the network management system 175 may also be in communication with the LATA 15 , the IEC 10 , and the fail over network 17 .
- the communications channels 172 may be on a LAN.
- the network management module 176 may consist of terminals (not shown), which may be part of a general-purpose computer system that displays a map-based GUI of the logical connections in data networks.
- the network management module 176 may communicate with the logical element module 153 and the physical element module 155 using a Common Object Request Broker Architecture (“CORBA”).
- CORBA Common Object Request Broker Architecture
- CORBA is an open, vendor-independent architecture and infrastructure which allows different computer applications to work together over one or more networks using a basic set of commands and responses.
- the network management module 176 may also serve as an interface for implementing logical operations to provision and maintain network circuits.
- the logical operations may be implemented as machine instructions stored locally or as instructions retrieved from the logical and physical element modules 153 and 155 .
- An illustrative method detailing the provisioning and maintenance of network circuits in a data network is presented in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/348,592, entitled “Method And System For Provisioning And Maintaining A Circuit In A Data Network,” filed on Jan.
- An illustrative network management module is the Broadband Network Management System® (“BBNMS”) marketed by TELECORDIATM TECHNOLOGIES, Inc. of Morristown, N.J.
- BBNMS Broadband Network Management System
- FIG. 4 illustrates an illustrative failover data network for rerouting logical circuit data, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the failover network 17 includes an IEC 20 , a LATA 25 , and an IEC 30 .
- the failover network further includes a network failover circuit which includes a physical failover circuit and a logical failover circuit.
- the physical failover circuit includes the physical connection 134 between the LATA 5 (shown in FIG. 1 ) and the IEC 20 , the physical connection 136 between the IEC 20 and the LATA 25 , the physical connection 138 between the LATA 25 and the IEC 30 , and the physical connection 144 between the IEC 30 and the LATA 15 (shown in FIG. 1 ).
- the logical failover circuit may include the logical connection 122 between the LATA 5 (shown in FIG. 1 ) and the IEC 20 , the logical connection 124 between the IEC 20 and the LATA 25 , the logical connection 126 between the LATA 25 and the IEC 30 , and the logical connection 132 between the IEC 30 and the LATA 15 (shown in FIG. 1 ).
- the network failover circuit illustrated in the failover network 17 may include a dedicated physical circuit and a dedicated logical circuit provisioned by a network service provider serving the LATAs 5 , 15 , and 25 and the IECs 20 and 30 , for rerouting logical data from a failed logical circuit.
- FIG. 5 illustrates a flowchart describing logical operations 500 for prioritized rerouting of logical circuit data in the data network 2 of FIG. 1 , according to an embodiment of the disclosure.
- the logical operations 500 may be initiated when a customer report of a network circuit failure is received in the data network 2 .
- a customer at the remote device 114 may determine that the remote device 114 is dropping frames or cells sent from the host device 112 (e.g., by reviewing LMI status information in the host device).
- the network service provider providing the network circuit may open a trouble ticket in the service order system 160 to troubleshoot the logical circuit.
- the logical operations 500 begin at operation 505 where the network management module 176 identifies a failed logical circuit in the data network 2 .
- a logical circuit failure may be based on status information received in communications with the logical element module 153 to request trap data generated by one or more switches in the data network 2 .
- the trap data indicates the status of one or more logical connections making up the logical circuit.
- the “X” marking the logical connections 102 and 104 indicates that both connections are “down beyond” the logical connections in the LATA data networks 5 and 15 .
- the logical circuit failure lies in the IEC data network 10 .
- the logical operations 500 continue at operation 510 where the network management module 176 determines the QoS parameter for the communication of data in the failed logical circuit.
- the QoS parameters for a logical circuit are contained within the DLCI (for frame relay circuits) or the VPI/VCI (for ATM circuits).
- the QoS parameters for logical circuits may also be stored in the network database 170 after the circuits are provisioned in the data network.
- the network management module 176 may determine the logical identifier for the failed logical circuit from the trap data received from the logical element module 153 and then access the database 170 to determine the QoS parameter for the circuit. The logical operations then continue from operation 510 to operation 515 .
- the network management module 176 identifies a logical failover circuit for communicating failed logical circuit data over an alternate communication in the data network 2 . For example, if as shown in FIG. 1 , it is determined that the failure in the logical circuit in the data network 2 has been isolated to the IEC data network 10 , a logical failover circuit in the failover network 17 may be automatically selected to reroute the logical data such that it bypasses the IEC data network 10 .
- the logical failover circuit may be selected including the logical connections 122 , 124 , 126 , and 132 (as shown in FIG. 4 ) to reroute the logical data from the host device 112 , through the LATA 5 , the IEC 20 , the LATA 25 , the IEC 30 , the LATA 15 , and finally to the remote device 114 .
- the network management module 176 may select the logical failover circuit by identifying a logical connection or NNI in the overbalanced logical circuit.
- Information related to each logical connection in a logical circuit may be stored in the database 170 including the first and second ends of the logical circuit to which the logical connection belongs. Once the ends of a logical circuit are determined by accessing the database 170 , the network management module 176 may select a logical failover circuit having a communication path including the first and second ends of the overbalanced logical circuit for rerouting data.
- the logical failover circuit selected may be a dedicated circuit which is only utilized for rerouting logical data from the failed logical circuit (i.e., the failover circuit does not normally communicate data traffic).
- the logical failover circuit may be provisioned with the same QoS parameter as the logical circuit to which it is assigned.
- the logical failover circuit may be an existing logical circuit which is normally utilized for communicating data traffic in the data network 2 .
- the selection of the logical failover circuit may also include determining whether one or more logical connections in the logical circuit are currently communicating data traffic or are currently unused. If currently unused, the logical connections may be selected for rerouting logical data.
- a technician at the logical element module 153 or the network management module 176 may utilize a map-based GUI displaying the logical connections in the LATA data networks 5 and 15 and their status.
- a dedicated logical failover circuit (or a currently unused logical circuit with available logical connections) may then be selected as a logical failover circuit for communicating logical data from a failed logical circuit.
- the logical operations 500 then continue from operation 515 to operation 520 .
- the network management module determines the QoS parameter for the previously identified logical failover circuit. It will be appreciated that the identification of the QoS parameter for the logical failover circuit may be made by identifying the logical circuit ID for the logical failover circuit and then accessing the network database 170 to retrieve the QoS parameter for the circuit. The logical operations 500 then continue from operation 520 to operation 525 .
- the network management module 176 compares the QoS parameters for the failed logical circuit and the logical failover circuit to determine if they are the same. If the QoS parameters are the same, the logical operations continue to operation 535 where the failed logical circuit data is rerouted over the logical failover circuit.
- An illustrative method detailing the rerouting of failed logical circuits in a data network is presented in co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/744,921, entitled “Method And System For Automatically Rerouting Logical Circuit Data In A Data Network,” filed on Dec. 23, 2003, and assigned to the same assignee as this application, which is expressly incorporated herein by reference.
- the network management module 176 may be configured to reroute logical circuit data based on similar QoS parameters from each protocol. For example, if the failed logical circuit has a frame relay QoS parameter of VFR real time, the network management module 176 may reroute the data to an ATM logical failover circuit having a QoS parameter of VBR real time, since these quality of service parameters are defined to tolerate only small variations in transmission rates. Similarly, a failed logical circuit having an ATM QoS parameter of UBR may be rerouted over a frame relay logical failover circuit having a QoS of VFR non-real time since both of these parameters are tolerant of delay and variable transmission rates.
- the network management module 176 determines that the QoS parameters for the failed logical circuit and the logical failover circuit are not the same, then the logical operations continue from operation 525 to operation 530 where the network management module 176 obtains authorization to reroute the logical circuit data. Once authorization is received, the logical operations 530 then continue to operation 535 where the failed logical circuit data is rerouted over the logical failover circuit. It will be appreciated that authorization may be obtained if the logical failover circuit is provisioned for a lower quality of service than the failed logical circuit.
- authorization may be obtained from an ATM circuit customer with a QoS parameter of CBR to reroute logical circuit data to a failover logical circuit with a QoS parameter of VBR real time.
- QoS parameter of CBR a QoS parameter of CBR
- a customer unwilling to accept delay and variable transmission rates for high priority data may not wish data to be rerouted over a lower priority circuit.
- the logical operations 500 then end.
- the network management module 176 may be configured to provision an appropriate logical failover in real time upon identifying a failure in a logical circuit.
- the network management module 176 after identifying the QoS parameter for the failed logical circuit, may build a failover circuit with logical connections having the same QoS parameter for rerouting the failed logical circuit data.
- the rerouting carrier may negotiate a comparable quality of service so that quality may be maintained between a host device and a remote device.
- the prioritization applied to the rerouting of logical circuit data logical circuit failover procedure may be initiated as a service offering by a Local Exchange Carrier (LEC) or an Inter-Exchange Carrier (IEC) to priority customers for rerouting logical circuit data. If a priority customer is not a subscriber, the service may still be initiated and the priority customer may be billed based on the length of time the prioritized logical failover circuit was in use.
- LEC Local Exchange Carrier
- IEC Inter-Exchange Carrier
- the embodiments of the disclosure described above provide for a method and system for prioritized rerouting of logical circuit data in a data network.
- the data in the logical circuit may be rerouted to a logical failover circuit at the same quality of service provisioned for the failed logical circuit.
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